My wife and I returned very early on Saturday morning, Jan. 26, from the Right To Life March that took place Friday, Jan. 25, in Washington, D.C. We traveled from Adrian with a group of people on a bus that was sponsored by the youth group at St. Joseph Catholic Church. This was not an all Catholic group. A number of people on that bus were not Catholic, but I do know that all on that bus, including the many youth and a number of middle agers, have strong religious and moral convictions that abortion is wrong. Convictions strong enough to travel for 20-plus hours for two nights on a bus, convictions strong enough to give up a warm bed and sleep, convictions strong enough to stand and march in the cold and driving snow, conviction strong enough to walk miles to show their support for the unborn, and conviction strong enough to let the world know that there are people in this country that believe in standing up and being counted among those who believe that the unborn does have a basic Right to Life!

I am writing this because I was not able to find one word about this March for Life, that was attended by an estimated 650,000 people, reported in The Daily Telegram on Saturday, the day after the March. Needless to say I was frustrated and disappointed to not find national news of significant importance to many of your readers in our local community, as there were numerous busloads there from southern Michigan. Then on Sunday the story appeared on Page 3! In communication with your editors, I learned that the Associated Press feeds, that many local papers rely on for national news stories, made no mention of this story in time for publication before Sunday. I do understand that this is out of your control, however I believe it is sad that the Associated Press has the power to pick and choose what stories are important to your readers, and that they can delay “front page news” long enough to have it relegated to the third page.

Thank you and your staff for allowing us readers a little better understanding of who controls what you read in this country.